Eldon R. Larsen was the recipient of the 2018 Management Division Service Award. He is a professor and coordinator of the Master of Science in Engineering program at Marshall University. The nomination emphasized his service as a sustaining leader of the Division and being its most prolific contributor of high quality programming at national meetings, specialty conferences, and webinars for more than 15 years. Through his efforts, Larsen has established himself as an authority on project management and as an outstanding educator and advocate for AIChE’s Management Division. The award was presented at the joint dinner of the Management and Environmental Divisions and the Chemical Engineering & the Law Forum during the AIChE Spring Meeting in Orlando, Florida (April 24, 2018).
Eldon R. Larsen (left) receives award plaque from Fernando J. Aguirre, Management Division Chair (right).
Larsen has served the division in many capacities. He was Chair of the division in 2006, during a period when the division was undergoing an effort to survive and reinvent itself. In the year preceding and after serving as chair, he contributed in the roles of Vice Chair and Past Chair respectively. Larsen has also served as Director of the division for several periods (2009-2011, 2012-2014, and 2016-2018). He was a member of the organizing and planning committee for three Management Conferences and has contributed as a presenter or panelist in the Careers in Management session offered annually by the division at the AIChE Annual Student Conference.
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